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Actor Segawa Kikunojō III depicts a woman with a karakasa umbrella  

Publication Date:  circa 1780
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Measurements:  31.0 x 15.0 cm
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Umbrellas
Karakasa
傘
からかさ
かさ
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V]  

Publication Date:  circa 1794
Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1741-1806
市川, 団十郎 5世, 1741-1806
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Chiwakagani tsukino nurakumo  

Publication Date:  circa 1795/1796
Creator:  喜多川, 歌麿, 1753-1806
Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806
Publisher:  Enshū-ya
Measurements:  39.0 x 26.5 cm
Subjects:  Servants
Letters
Household employees
Letter writing
Domestic workers
手紙
家庭内労働者
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

保元物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
保元の乱
日本 -- 保元の乱
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actors of the Kabuki stage  

Creator:  勝川, 春英, 1762-1819
Katsukawa, Shunʼei, 1762-1819
Format:  1 album, each sheet H31 x W14.5 cm
Measurements:  31.0 x 14.0 (each sheet)
Technique:  Ukiyoe print, Hosoban format
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

平治物語  

Publication Date:  Late-17th century
Material:  Stich-bound illustated manuscripts
Measurements:  H23.5 x W17.05cm
Subjects:  Japan -- History -- Hōgen and Heiji Insurrections, 1156-1159 -- Fiction
平治の乱
日本 -- 平治の乱
アジア -- 日本 -- 関西 - 京都府 - 京都
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

[Actor Segawa Kikunojō III]  

Publication Date:  circa 1790
Creator:  勝川, 春章, 1726-1792
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793
Subjects:  Kabuki
Actors
歌舞伎
俳優
Segawa Kikunojō, 1751-1810
瀬川, 菊之丞 3世, 1751-1810
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

ダンス  

Publication Date:  Late 19th century
Measurements:  27.9 x 18.7 cm
Subjects:  Dance
Musicians
Hand fans
扇子
音楽家
Dancing
ダンス
舞踊
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

鳥獸畧画式  

Publication Date:  文化癸酉 [1813]
Creator:  Kitao, Masayoshi, 1764-1824
北尾政美, 1764-1824, 1764-1824
Publisher:  名前のない
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  27 cm.
Technique:  colour illustrations
Subjects:  Wood-engraving
カラープリント、日本の - 江戸時代、1600-1868
版画
Wood-engraving, Japanese
Color Prints, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
版画、日本
Birds in art
鳥類
Animals in art
動物
Painting, Japanese
絵画、日本の
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

People visiting a shrine to offer prayers  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Creator:  歌川, 国盛 2世
Utagawa, Kunimori, active 1839-1868
Publisher:  Wakamatsu
Measurements:  36.8 x 24.4 cm
Subjects:  Shrines
神社
Prayers
祈り
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

黃表紙十種  

Publication Date:  Taishō 7 [1918]
Creator:  Tsukamoto, Tetsuzō, 1881-1953
塚本哲三, 1881-1953
Publisher:  Yūhōdō ( Tōkyō )
有朋堂 ( 東京 )
Format:  12, 2, 298 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Subjects:  Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868
日本の小説 -- 江戸時代, 1600から1868
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Noble lady musician with a hand drum sitting in a boat  

Publication Date:  circa 1850
Measurements:  21.2 x 25.7 cm
Subjects:  Boats and boating
Musicians
Drum
ボート
太鼓
音楽家
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

早く 決めたい  

Publication Date:  1852
Creator:  歌川, 国芳, 1797-1861
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861
Publisher:  Sanoki
Measurements:  34.4 x 24.8 cm
Subjects:  Women
Fishing
女性
Octopuses
Fortune-telling
売卜
Cats
漁
タコ
占い
ネコ
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

魚づくし 鯵と車海老  

Publication Date:  circa 1830
Creator:  歌川, 広重 1世, 1797-1858
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Measurements:  25.5 x 36.5 cm
Subjects:  Poetry
Fishes
魚類
Shrimps
Trachurus japonicus
Mackerels
Toshinoya Tomiharu
Kyōka
Prawns
Horse mackerel
Jack mackerel
エビ
海老
マアジ
サバ
狂歌
和歌
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Actor Ichikawa Omezō as a woodsman, carrying a bundle of faggots on his back and holding a pipe in his right hand  

Publication Date:  1804
Creator:  歌川, 豊国 3世, 1786-1864
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865
Publisher:  Tsurukin
Measurements:  38.5 x 26.0 cm
Subjects:  Pipe smoking
Kabuki
Actors
Tobacco pipes
歌舞伎
俳優
パイプ (タバコ)
Woodsmen
Faggots
Sticks
Ichikawa Omezō
分枝
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
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